Dave
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Post by Dave on Jun 7, 2004 17:49:42 GMT -5
I am a white male and I consider myself racially tolerent. I have many Black friends. Sometimes these friends call me "Cracka". I accept that because they are only joking, however, do you think I could call them the N word back.........
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Post by Afro on Jun 7, 2004 19:15:53 GMT -5
First of all, your friends shouldn't be calling you that stuff if there your friends.
BUT, I must say, that "Nigger" has a hell of alot more history and hate behind it then "Cracka" "honkey" or even things like "Jigaboo" and "coon" and such.
Which would be why it is more taboo.
Not saying any black folks have a right to call white folks racial slurs, but just saying that calling a black person the N word is alot different then calling a white person the C word.
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Post by whydah on Jun 7, 2004 22:40:09 GMT -5
It is a double standard but dont worry about it. Take the high road and let it bounce off you.
The word "Nigger" comes out of a white guys mouth in four letters, carries alot of bad history and is bigger than you and your friends.
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Dave
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Post by Dave on Jun 8, 2004 6:39:49 GMT -5
It does not worry me as they are only joking. All im saying is that it is ok for a black man to be racist to me because words like cracka and honkey are socially acceptable. Wheras if I or any other white person calls a black person any sort of racist slang ( wheater it is the N word or something else) the white person is a bigot! BTW i am British.
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Post by whydah on Jun 8, 2004 9:26:29 GMT -5
they use the word "cracka" in the UK or do you live in the States?
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Post by It-Alien on Jun 8, 2004 9:29:59 GMT -5
Dave you can call them NIGGA! When i had some black friends i could call them niggaz, they call each other niggaz so its accepted!
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Dave
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Post by Dave on Jun 8, 2004 9:39:09 GMT -5
they use the word "cracka" in the UK or do you live in the States? I was born and I live in Britain. Of all the names my black friends call me, "Cracka" is the most common. |
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Post by Graeme on Jun 8, 2004 11:03:44 GMT -5
In Australia, the Aborigines use different words for caucasians depending on whether it is for their use or to caucasian folks. When they want to emphasise the non indigenous status of caucasians, that is foreignness, they call them Europeans. Among themselves they use gubba in the south and belanda in the north. Gubba is meant to be offensive. Belanda just means white foreigner. Cooberpedy, an opal district in the desert, means white men(offensive) in holes in the ground. Coober being a variant of gubba.
White Australians have a number of offensive terms for Aborigines: boong, coon and Abo. Nigger is not really used.
The word wog was used offensively to designate non Anglo-Saxon looking people such as Greek, Turks, Arabs...but it is now used as a descriptive of anyone foreign and is not offensive. In fact certain Greek Australians have made a lot of money out of the comedic use of the word wog.
Doesn't every group have offensive words for outsiders. For example, squareheads for Swedes. Nobody is perfect.
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Post by Batesy on Jun 8, 2004 11:43:08 GMT -5
Ask them to stop if it bothers you so much. I mean, racism in all forms is bad, whether a black person does it to a white person or vice versa.
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Dave
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Post by Dave on Jun 8, 2004 11:48:52 GMT -5
I see your point. However maybe things are different in Austrailia. In Britain, you are not allowed to say words that means black man. "Nigger", "Coon", "Spear-Chucker" and even more, are all considered out of order. I never said everyone is perfect, but if the black community are allowed to use words to make jokes at white people, then it should be the same the other way round. (This is the double standard i am talking about).
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Dave
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Post by Dave on Jun 8, 2004 12:04:06 GMT -5
Ask them to stop if it bothers you so much. I mean, racism in all forms is bad, whether a black person does it to a white person or vice versa. I am not saying it bothers me that much. I am just saying there is a problem in terms of what different people consider racist in society. Anyway i wont say anymore on the matter as i dont want to get into a flame war. I just wanted to make a point  . |
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Post by It-Alien on Jun 8, 2004 12:09:51 GMT -5
Calling someone cracka or nigga is not racism!
Its 2004 not 1960
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Post by nordicyouth on Jun 8, 2004 15:03:37 GMT -5
Yeah, besides you can just let them know in non-racial-slurring lingo that your ancestors enslaved theirs and raped them half to death. That's if you're serious. Or tell them to f*ck off with that shit and get back on the boat.lol.
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Post by Afro on Jun 8, 2004 17:22:57 GMT -5
Yeah, besides you can just let them know in non-racial-slurring lingo that your ancestors enslaved theirs and raped them half to death. That's if you're serious. Or tell them to f*ck off with that shit and get back on the boat.lol. Only a stupid f*ck would take pride in the fact that his ancestors took part in the biggest form of genoside ever recorded in history, but I guess thats what you are. Get back on the boat??? Unless your an American Indian I think its YOUR ASS that needs to get the f*ck back to "your continent" you rotten piece of shit. |
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Post by Afro on Jun 8, 2004 17:24:06 GMT -5
Calling someone cracka or nigga is not racism! Its 2004 not 1960 When used in racist ways it is racism. I don't hear whites calling blacks "nigger" just because they like the sound of it... |
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